Dealers de Rimes Face A Bideew Bou Bess " Kaylen " RCFA " Textes Crus au Crom " Dynamike " Les Raisons de Ma Colère " Passi " Ex Nihilo " Face B Bideew Bou Bess " Run Them " Passi " Famille et Amis " Dynamike " Je Cherche " Passi " Ma Zik " Senegalese rap compilation from 2001. Yes. Thank you, Bed-Stuy area African grocery.
Karamoko Keita Side A Diama Lemourou Niame Side B Labankassi Fouroui Kadi Ni Kanouye Siwa Mousso This tape is legendary in my world. By popular demand...(talked about this tape here also). (Excuse the delay in posting, internet has been out for weeks.)
John Chibadura and the Tempo Brothers Side A Ambuya Vangu Shanje Dzepabarika Chimwene Am,Ai Vagivemore Sindiwe Side B Basa Igoride Madiro Sango Rinopa Waneta Ambuya Ndirereiwo Muvakidzani Wangu For all those upbeat guitar-crazy sweet-melody-philes... This is relatively spectacular. Peace to [...]
Touty & Absa Cora Group Palestine Side A Palestine Day Fink Mbëgel Side B Weet Gore Bor Yi Diasaka * *—Wow, this is my favorite song Mbalax from Senegal. Jamming layers of drums with haunting melodies and kora. Nice blurry cassette cover.
Ensemble Instrumental National du Mali Vol. 4 Musolu Side 1 Aw Bissimilaï Musolu Cedo Fucuna Side 2 Bolimbo Samiromba Hilo Hilo Dounamba In Mali, government-sponsored music apparently means the best music in the world.
Sounds of Our Time, a compilation by Hammer Side A Dora Motia * Kwakwa Kwau Kese * Wotome Agbeko feat. Paxi * You May Kiss your Bride Bollie * Ke Shi Ka Le Scizo Side B Agynoamoa Kwesi Okra * Skillz Trigga & Nyega The Workshop Okra [...]
Franco et le T.P.O.K. Jazz Side A Mario Side B Likambo Na Moto Te Ekoti Ya Neube Franco is a legend of Congolese music. Don't sleep.
Best of Sagbohan Danialou Face A Commerce Triangulaire (A Qui la Faute) Retour au Village Africana Foutou Banana Suru Tafè Yom'Tomè Face B Wan Gni Gni * Djo Assou Tchédo (Laisse Moi Mon Mari) * Avalè Adji Non Wé Programme Change [...]
Awesome President-elect from Africa
Agbadza Side 1 Side 2 This is a tape of agbadza music, which hs its roots in a historical war dance. It's still commonly performed along the coast of West Africa, around eastern Ghana and Togo and Benin. The agbadza dance is pretty distinct. This Togolese hip-hop video shows people dancing agbadza (flapping arm movement), among other things: />
Yoro Diallo dit Fernando Moutchatcha Face A Talassa Dona Manima Soumba Face B Moutchatcha Franyra Horma San Wo San I recommend the song "San Wo San." Tangled guitars on repeat like that does it for me approx seven days a week. Anyone know anything about this guy Mutchatcha?
Bamba J Fall Gën Gui Dëk Face A Gën Gui Dëk Djirim Yabi Door Free Naya Face B Caddu Baycat Yaay Ndiangane Remembering I thought this would be a straightforward Senegalese rap tape, but it moves constantly between hooky pop, dancehall and hip-hop. Rap-reggae-dancehall music in Senegal is so [...]
Maurice Maiga and Amore Cultural Group Mugun Fata Side A Amore Mugun Fata * Karen Dawure Side B Ana ce Shashashai * Hanu New Maka Ni Da Yariga Amuni Na *—don't miss "Hausa folkloric highlife" from northern Ghana. This cassette—like this and this —was produced and engineered by Blessed [...]
Oudaden Side 1 Ibadl Zmane Itine Al Hame Track 3 Side 2 Bab Noujmile Aman Ya Dnine Aya This tape of music from Morocco appears here thanks to Jon Leland, who says: There appear to be only 4 track titles but the first side has three tracks. one is shorter though so it might be part of [...]
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey and his Miliki Sound Life is so not chill for me right now but I'm going to listen to this and pretend like it is. Nigerian juju soup for the soul. Side 1 Alowo Majaiye Aiye Laba Ohun Gbogbo Rora Gba Mi Lowo Ota Ma Di Oni Kanra Ile Baba MI Side 2 Miliki Pepeiye Bimo Maje Nyo Aiye Wa Baiye Nsata
J.A. Adofo & City Boys International Amsterdam (29) Side A Twe No Bere Me Esi Wa Noaa Mofa Enye Me Side B Aba No Saa Afutuo Nsakera Nipa Ma Me Wuo Um, yeah, so there are a lot of these tapes in my collection....
Amadou Sangare dit Barry l'Histoire de Moussa Tchefari Pere de Sabally Side A l'Histoire de Moussa Tchefari Pere de Sabally Side B l'Histoire de Moussa Tchefari Pere de Sabally Have patience with this, I think it's worth it. Without understanding a bit of Bambara (or whatever that is) I enjoy the phrasing and rhythm of his words of praise for Mr Tchefari. Look out for some incredibly sensitive (kamal?) ngoni playing, it sounds [...]
J.A. Adofo & City Boys Adeasa Side A Enfa Odo Ndi Agoro Adeasa Ahoofe Di Wo Ko Side B Eka Pae Abusua Ahenepa Enkasa Bre Pe Wo De More J.A. Adofo. The music on this tape sounds nothing like whatever they are doing on the cover, i.e. not much actual guitar- and percussion-playing. Instead we have synth-y [...]
Yacouba Kante Le Messenger Du Manding Side A Sadjou Mamou Cissi Beye Ekoumankey Haidara Side B Djandjo (Manding N'Domba) Djedeta Mangni Salimana Diaby Blaky The marriage of electronic sounds and the griot tradition. Le Messenger Du Manding aka Yacouba Kante, a griot from Guinea, has made my morning.
Bill Diakhou Tani Face A Tani Roboual Djiguen Pompiers Face B Prési Kole Gorgui Take It Easy Senegalese hip-hop BANGERS. Well, at least tracks 1, 2 and 6. Anyone who raps that hardcore over a kora and an 808 gets high marks in my book (see track 5). I [...]
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